Corer and slicer



.March 19 1946 t A. E. HOSMER v 2,397,07

CORER AND SLICER Filed Nov. so, 1944 aIm INVENTOR Patented Mar. 19, 1946UNITED sm'rlazsl PATENT oFFIcE CORER AND SLICER Ambrose Eugene Hosmer,Minneapolis, Minn.

Application November 30, 1944, Serial No. 565,968

4 Claims.

My present invention, in its broad aspect, has reference to improvementsin combined apple slicers and corers, and more particularly, it is mypurpose to provide a slicer wherein a plurality of blades are uniquelyand practically mounted to radiate diagonally from a point adjacent acommon center where the corer is located. Furthermore, my corer is soformed that the handle is received therein and is provided with improvedmeans for guiding the core to remove it from the corer, and thesupporting frame for the knives has an improved mounting so that thecomplete device is simple, sturdy and practical, and can be manufacturedand sold at relatively small cost, and carried as an essential utensilin all kitchens.

Other and equally important and advantages of my invention will beapparent from the following description and drawings, but it is to beunderstood that changes in form, size, shape, materials, constructionand arrangement of parts, may be made within the purview of my broadinventive concept, provided same fall within the scope of what isclaimed.

In the drawing wherein I have illustrated a preferred form of myinvention:

Figure 1 is a top plan view;

Figure 2 is a side elevation;

Figure 3 is a vertical section;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a knife blade partly broken away;

Figure 5 is a section showing the rim and clamping or attaching ring forthe knife blades;

Figure 6 is a plan view of a fragmentary portion of the blank from whichthe sleeve of the device is formed, and

Figure 7 is a transverse sectional view of the sleeve.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary vertical section of a modiedform of theinvention.

In the drawing:

The numeral I designates a hollow cylindrical sleeve-like member whichhas a sharpened lower edge 2 to serve as a corer. An oval lateralopening 3 is formed in the side of the corer I, and adjacent the bottomedge are a plurality of circumferentially arranged and equally spacedslots 4 -to receive the reduced butts 5 of knife blades 6 which radiateoutwardly from the corer and have their knife edges aligned with thesharpened edge of the corer. The opposite ends of the knife blades Iiare provided with reduced extensions 'I similar to the butts 5 whichextend in open slots 8 in a circular supporting frame 9. A retaining orclamping ring I0 goes about the frame under the extensions 1 toretain-the blades in `place and is preferably l soldered fast at severalplaces. The frame is engaged by three or more supporting wires II whichare attached to the upper end of the corer as at I2 and have their lowerends bent as at I3 to be received through openings in the frame. Thereare shown 8 blades, but there may be either more or less blades.

The handle I4 has a reduced part I5 formed with an oblique end wall I6.The reduced part is received in the corer and the oblique end wall liesback of the oval opening 3-see Figure 3-to guide and direct the core Aof the apple B out through the opening. At the same time, the apple issliced, and the slices are equal in size and the core part removed.

I claim:

1. A combined corer and slicer, comprising a hollow cylindrical memberhaving sharpened lower edges and an opening in its side, a handle havinga reduced extension tting in the cylindrical member and having anoblique end wall disposed adjacent the opening, horizontally disposedcircumferentially radiating knife blades having ends fixed to thecylindrical member, a frame engaging the opposite ends of the knives andoutwardly and Vdownwardly extending anchoring members for the framemember attached at their upper ends to the cylindricalmember.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein the opening inthecylindrical member is oval, and the cylindrical member formed with slotsin its lower end to receive the ends of the knives, and the frame memberslotted to receive the other ends of the knives.

3. The invention as dened in claim 1 wherein the knives have reduced endextensions fitting into slots in the cylindrical member and framemember, and wherein an annular securing ring goes about the frame memberto hold the knives therein.

4. 'I'he invention as defined in claim 1 wherein the anchoring membershave ends bent into the form of closed eyes engaging in openings in the

